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Dear 2_live_is_Christ, I never said or hinted that the projector or the kholagy have any advantages: what I am saying is in all honesty, I don't see this as ideal being used in the church; neither of them to be honest. If we take the kholagy it is l…
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Dear 2_liv_is_Christ, I think you have missed the point here: the problem is not some youth are antitechnology, because certainly e-mailing, mailing lists and travelling in planes is not something that we disagree on being incorporated by the church…
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Dear Christ4Life, I really think that your argument depends on the church that you go to regularly. Remember there are churches in Egypt (most if not all) that still meet the same problem: not enough books, and they don't have a projector: do you th…
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Dear QT_PA_2T, Just to say that I am not really worried for him. Let him go his own ways as he pleases. God bless you all and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, I think I would choose The Gospel according to Matthew. Jesus' words directly out of His mouth, and His deeds in simple words; that is simpler than in The Gospel according to Mark and The Gospel according to John. The Gospel according to L…
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Dear Elena, Thank you very much for your concise answer. However, you really sound very upset and frustrated. Please take your time: you don't really need to answer every bit of detail right now. I still have many questions for you but may I ask tha…
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Dear Christ4life, I agree strongly with Life In Christ on this prayer and fighting the devil off part. And I also would like to add that I find it a bit hard to believe that concentrating on the altar you easily get distracted, while you don't get d…
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Dear Kirolos Michael, Actually alcohol in moderation is very useful to the body. And I am saying "very" here. It is the reason why you see in Western communities they live healthier. Alcohol does have many useful aspects: - protection of the heart, …
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Dear Unworthy 1, Jydeaon's opinion applies to those congregations living outside Egypt. The same is here in the UK. But generally you are right: we are molleycuddling our young, and they can't seem to grasp the importance of coming to church early e…
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Dear all, As I said in the beginning, this topic will draw too much controversy, and thank God we are all sharing our views. But, honestly, I feel like there is some digression, and there are some unncessary arguments in the first place. The whole p…
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Dear all, No, I am not trying to say that we have to make it hard on ourselves, or make faith a practically impossible thing to achieve in the church. But what I am saying is that this way we unconsciously breed some kind of illiteracy and negligenc…
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Dear Life In Christ, I didn't say they were not useful, or the books were, but as you rightly pointed out: both of these tools are a distraction in their own right. I don't agree with your point that people who stand at the back can't see the altar.…
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Dear markoc pi apostoloc, Yes Pope Shenouda has agreed already after a personal meeting with Adel Imam. Where I read this piece of news: I can't remember: but probably youtube.com ????!!!!! Not quite sure. God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear all, Just want to add my voice to severus, copticcross3, and jydeacon that I am dreaming with the revival of Coptic language, and 100% for the services to be wholly and solely in Coptic. God bless you all and pray for us a lot
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Dear minagir and all, One thing about Adel Imam, is that yes he used to attack the muslims who were too extremist in their thoughts and deeds, and the terrorists at one point, but what you seem to miss is that his daughter has been (or yet to be) ma…
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Dear aem581, That was not the point I was getting at. The point is that the "well-respected" Adel Imam - at least to some people - is going to represent the church as having FUNDAMENTALISTS THREATENING TO KILL A PRIEST. Tell me, is that not funny en…
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Dear konti, No, I don't know. Do you think it will be worth watching? To me, it is not. I think that is the whole target of his: stir up some controversy around it; encouraging people to watch it and discuss their opinions in a "civilised and open-m…
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Dear aem581, I like your opinion, but I just disagree on one bit: I don't think that at least one deacond should know Coptic: I think all of them should. Well, I understand that you describe the worst case scenario, but we would like to start from h…
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There is a bishop in Egypt, called Bishop Raphael, and he is the bishop for the youth (I am sure most of you know him). He has a Muslim friend who studied Egyptology, and in his studies he became familiar with the Coptic language. So once that secul…
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I am now citing words of another member (either here or on coptichymns.net): he had a friend who was British white, and recently converted to Orthodox. During either Bright Saturday, or one of Koiak's nights he heard the hymn "tenen", and he never s…
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Dear all (just a personal opinion) WHAT A SHAME AND A GREAT PITY FOR ME TO SEE COPTS (WHOSE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE COPTIC) TRYING TO MEDIATE FOR OTHER CONVERTS TO ADAPT IN OUR CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't that sad really? Ok, I will shortly tell you…
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Dear all, So what about those who form the group Remenkimi. I am not sure if one or some of them are members of tasbeha.org, but as I used to exchange e-mails with that group long ago, I am aware that they came up with a Coptic dictionary and many m…
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Dear Kirolos Michael, I absolutely agree. And you know what? It is not us who can preserve the hymns. It is the Holy Spirit. He only can preserve them, and let's not be lazy again, as the cantors of the olden days who wasted and lost us some great h…
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Dear Elena, and smile4ever, Yes, I have to agree. Sometimes, I describe things in an awfully pessimistic way, and like smile4ever says, I don't think the picture is that dark. It just strikes me sometimes seeing some of the Coptic youth who don't li…
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Dear Anglian, Thanks so much for your broad-minded description of God and His love, and dissolving my confusion. God bless you and pray for us a lot... So sorry about my late reply anyway
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Dear smile4ever, You are right. 100% correct. Thank you for correcting my mistakes which I hope haven't done much damage :). God bless you and pray for us a lot
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Dear Elena, Forgot to add, that there are only two families that still speak Coptic as a language of communication (which is a very difficult language to be honest). I know one of them is the family of Fr. Pigol in Germany, but I don't know the othe…
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Dear Elena, Well done; what a nice post. Let me correct a few things, that I think you got them wrong. The pope of Alexandria and Africa is called Pope Shenouda, and not Pope Patros. Well, St Mark is actually more of a patron icon in the Coptic Orth…
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Dear bballdude23, I am not sure if I know what Noursat is. But because once I was talking to my family in Egypt, who were watching aghaby on satellite, while I was watching it online, and it had the same program on. That was the Nile Sat (Egyptian …
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Dear bballdude23, I am not sure if you want me to send you the program or something. Would you please clarify for me what you want. God bless you and pray for us a lot